Gauging machine



June 8, 1943. w. s. R'E'YNOLDS' GAUG ING MACHINE Filed May 25, 1940 3Sheets-Sheet 1 June 8'; 1943. w. s. REYNOLDS GAUGING MACHINE' Filed May2.3, 1940` 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 June 8, 1943.

W. s. REYNOLDS GAUGING MACHINE Filed May 23, 1940 5 Sheets-Sheet 3INVENTOR War/2a .SIR BY ATTORN EY Patentecl June 8, `1943 GAUGINGMACHINE Warren S. Reynolds, Stratford, Conn., assgnor to Remington ArmsCompany, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application May' es', 1940,serial No. 33e-,712 14 claims. (c1. 209-104) This invention relates togauging apparatus. n

Although the invention very advantageous for gauging cartridge casesits' use isl not confined thereto. It is particularly useful in gaugingflanged and headed articles such as headed rivets, screws, bolts,pintles and many other articles.

Because many articles, of necessarily close dimensions, are now made inVery large quantities, there is much need for gauging apparatus whichwill automatically and accurately gauge large quantities of sucharticles in a comparatively short time. The provision of a suitablemechanism for this purpose makes possible a 100% inspection of suchproducts, rather than the inspection of only a small percentage thereof,as was often the case in the past.

Itis therefore an important object of the present invention to providean apparatus adapted to accurately and automatically gauge a largequantity of product in a comparatively short time.

A feature resulting-from the attainment of this object includes theprovision of at least `one pair of power-driven gauging members suitablysupported in a spaced and slightly angular relationship to each other,so that the outer periphe-ral and gauging sections thereof converge atthe gauging location, and sothatthe same sections elsewhere spread andmake possible easy disposition of both undersize and right-size product.

It is a further and very important object of the present invention toprovide gauging apparatus capable of automatically gauging andseparating good and bad product.

A feature related to this objective is the provision of a simpleapparatus which causes undersize products to pass or to be initiallyforced through gauging members and to simply drop by gravity into asuitable container below the apparatus,V and which carries right-sizeproducts to another location for diversion into a suitable container.

AOther novel functional and structural features resulting from theattainment of the above and related objects, and provided .by thepresent invention, include: an extensive areato or upon the gaugingmembers to insure along gauging life; sturdily supported and accuratelycontrolled or located gauging members which insure an accurate gaugingresult; main gauging members with simpler outer gauging elements,whereby the main wear and gauging elements alone may be easily replaced;a plurality of main gauging units on the one apparatus or machine,whereby a double operation or result isnachieved; a fully automaticgauging -of product, at a nigh speed;

pressing mechanism. to insure accurate gauging; rotatable gaugingmembers at an ang'le'to each other, whereby undersize product may dropthrough the machine between the gauging members; concurrently rotatedgauging members and rotatable pressing means; roller-'backed rotatablegauging members; adjustment mechanism, whereby divers sizes of productmay be gauged in the one machine;` simple yet efficient means forfeeding product to and from gauging members. Other objects, features andadvantages will appear hereinafter. v

In the drawings, which illustrate one of the present preferredembodiments ofi the invention: Figure 1 is a top .plan view of thegauging apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. l is a fragmentarying unit. i Y Fig. -5 is a detail view of one .form of work. feeddevice. f y

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary detail of the' gauging members withone form iof Work, or article Abeing gauged, therein.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary Ydetail similarvto Fig. `6 with another form ofwork'. 1

Before describing theY present improvements and mode of operationthereof in detail it .should be understood that Lthe `invention is notlimited to the details of construction andarrangement of parts yshown inthe .accompanying drawings, which are merely illustrative of the presentpreferred embodiments, sincethe invention is capableV of otherembodiments, and theV phraseology employed is for the purpose ofdescription and not of limitation.

Referring now indetal to the drawings,which illustrate a Ipresentpreferred embodiment ofthe invention, for use in gauging "flangedcartridge blanks, there i-sshown a main, rame I0 which may be secureddirectly to a bencn'vorgwhich maybe .Supper-ted 911 the; 11001 es byless ;l-I,Sh0w1.1 in part wlthdot-and-dashlines in Figs. land ,12. Nearthe middle of the frame V-lllth'ere is-provided a main or centerv.standardlllhavinga pair of bores ,I3 with suitable `bearings.lladapted to sturdily support' a lricain-shaft lvf'ffor rotation. Thiscenter standardmay be made. ir'ite'gral 'with themain frame lll;or,asfs`hown,may.be,a Sepa'- rate member secured to theY frame aspin'sfll and bolts Il.. The bearings 14 Tstinidily"'supportthemain.shaftagailstbothtransverseandlensitudinal inventent- Belauseianyofcpainemberof conventional bearing structures might be used,

side View of the gaugas bearings I4, detailed showing and descriptionthereof is not included herein.

Considering the left-hand half of the main frame I0, as viewed in Fig.1, there is shown a gauging unit I8 including a main gauging member I9upon the outer free end of the main shaft I5. This gauging memberpreferably comprises a circular plate 20, which may be made off castviron or fotl'ier f inexpensive material, having a gauging disc "orring2I of hard materialpreferably forced thereon and secured thereto as byscrews 22. The gauging member may be secured to the main shaft as by ascrew 23.

Adjacent the center standard I2 there is provided a movable standard 24having a'tongue and slot connection 25 with the main frame I0 forshifting longitudinally of the main frame toward and from the centerstandard'l 2 and main gauging member I9, where it is held by bolts 26passing through holes 21 threaded into the main frame I as may be seenbestin Fig.' 2. The holes2'I are larger than Shanks 28 on bolts. 26 toprovide a clearance and make possiblea longitudinal shifting andadjustment of the movable standard 24 relative to the center standard I2and main gauging member I 9. This movable standard is provided withsuitable bearings 29 and 30 to Lsupport a cooperating shaft 3| for freerotation.and to prevent radial and longitudinal shifting.A .Thesebearings may be of any wellknown type, and in conformity with good andusual machine-shop practice. The inner end of the cooperating shaft isprovided .with a gauging member 32 whichissubstantiallya duplicate ofthe gauging member I 9, as it comprises a circular plate 33 with a ring34 secured thereto. The gauging member I9 may be secured to thecooperating shaft as by a screw 35.` The main shaft I5 andcooperatingshaft 3I may be parallel or substantially parallel, as viewedfromthe topV of the machine. Also, the peripheral faces 36 and 31 of thegauging members. I9 and.,32 may include concave sections38 andr39 toreceivev flanges ofarticles and centralize the articles, as shown inFig. 6.- To adapt the appa; ratus for divers products.- itismerelynecessary to replace the mating rings .2'I and 34 with others having thepreferred formof work-receiving. configuration. Y

Of lparticular importance, and in accordance with the present invention,the main shaft I and cooperating shaft 3I are ata slight anglehorizontally relative to eachother. `Preferably the mainvshaft issubstantially horizontal with the floor-.or bench upon which theapparatus is mounted, and the cooperating shaft 3I is at a slight angleaxially relative thereto with the outer end ofthe cooperating shaftextendingupwardly 'relative to the inner end thereof, land relativeltothe horizontal plane of themain shaft I5. This serves to bring theupper peripheral edges 40 -and 4I and adjacent faces l316 and 37 o f'thegauging 'members I9'ancl 32 (or the upper halves thereof) into closestproximity withv each other, and serves toprovide a gradually increasingspace between Vthe gaugingmembers I9 and 32 vertically'downwardlybetween the two and a relatively widerspacing of the lower halves.Ilfhusgfany'undersize products or articles lwhich passdownwardly betweentheftopj and closest partsjoffthe gauging'members `I9 and 32`m`ay dropffreely by gravityfntirely "downwardly through the gauging membersandthrough isuitable .openings dzin'tn table section ,of the inem Cil frameI 0 into a suitable container under the machine.

Main adjustment of the movable standard 24 and cooperating gaugingmember 32 is effected by loosening the bolts 26 and shifting them(standard 24 and member 32) toward or from the main gauging member I9. Ascrew 43, in a plate 44 preferably secured to the end of the main frameI0, may be used to move .the standard and cooperating gauging member 32toward the main gauging member I9 and to prevent retractive or spreadingmovement thereof. When the desired setting is effected the movablestandard 24 may be locked in the desired position by merely tighteningthe bolts 26.

To prevent wobbling and to further insure and maintain an accuratespacing between the gauging members I9 and 32 the present inventionprovides a backing member 45 which, in the present preferred form,includes a backing roller 46 engageable with rear face 41 o f thegauging member I9. .Said roller is rotatably mounted-on a stud 48carried in a slide member 49 having a tongue and slot connection 50 withthe main standard I2.. The slide member is locked to the standard asy bybolts 5I. The roller may be a plain hardened ring rotatably mountedYdirectly uponjthe stud48 butv is preferably provided with aroller-bearing interponent 5,2 to lessen friction, prevent Wear on theYstud 48 and insurev a long life between the roller and the stud,Preferably elongated slots 53 are provided in the slide membern49 toclear the bolts l5I and make possible sl'iifting` of the slide member 49longitudinallyvofA the machine inthe tongue and lslot-cmnectionv 56. Toeffect ne adjustment Vof the slide member 49 toward the gauging memberI9, and to further maintain 'the roller ,46in: the desired positionrelative thereto,` the presentinvention provides a screw 54 whichissubstantially in a ,central verticalplane ,with rrespect to thetongueAand slot connection 50, adapted to engage thevback of the slide member49 and to push it to the left, as viewed in Figs. 1 and 2. VA lock nut55 is pro,- vided to maintain the adjustment screw in the desiredposition. This roller has the real advan tage of preventing anynaxialmovement of the main shaft I5 and gauging member I9, especially` if anywear should occur that might otherwise allow axial movement thereof. 4Italso prevents the gauging member from wobbling.v Y

Preferably a backing member 45slide member 49 and roller 46 are als()provided on the movable standard 24. These are similarto backing member45, roller46 and slide member 49 just described in detail,ldiffering'therefrom mainly in the provision of a slightly. `different`adjustment screwy v5t which isllonger andV is horizontally rather thanangularlyvdispsed. `In viewof the similarity of theA various partsthereof Ato the backing member 45 detailed description thereof appearsVunnecessary. However, it shouldbe appreciated that either orboth ofbacking members 45 and 45 serve to` accurately-maintain thegauging'membersdl9 and 32 inaccurately spaced relation to` each otherand prevent retraction of these gauging members awayfrom each other ifat any time the main shaft I5 or cooperating shaft 3I becomes worn orrotherwise adversely movable.

Work feedingl means l A lthoughrfth'e gauging apparatus provided'by thepresent linvention maybe load/ed or fed, directly by handa work feedingdevice 6I] capable Q f directing. e flow: 0f .Work te. the apparatusgis.

provided. One such device is shown herein as an example, particularly inFigs. 4 and 5, and includes a bar 6I with a slot 62 adapted toaccommodate the shank B3 of cartridge blanks `lill so that flanges |55upon the latter ride upon the top faces 66 and Bi. This bar may be ofshort or substantial length and may be manu-ally loaded. Preferably,however, it is connected to and is automatically loaded -by anyconventional hopper mechanism. The cartridge blanks preferably slide bygravity down the slotted bar 6| until the Shanks thereof slide betweenthe gauging members I9 and 32 so that the underside of the flange Brests upon the peripheral edges 40 and 4|. The underside ofthe bar EI ispreferably curved slightly and tapered so that as the cartridge blanksleave the bar the flanges 35 thereof are substantially even with theperiphery of the gauging members I8 and 32. Avplate 58 may be pivotallymounted upon the lower end of the b-ar 6| to insure a proper feed of thecartridge blanks to the gauging members I9 and 32. As will be readilyappreciated, the same general form of bar may be used for otherarticles, or the slot therein may be slightly changed in shape forarticles of special form.

Work pressing means The present invention pr-ovides a novel pressingmechanism 10 to force undersize articles which are being gaugeddownwardly between the gauging mem-bers I9 and 32, whereby the same dropby gravity downwardly between the gradually wider spaced sections of thegauging members I9 and 32 and thence through a suitable opening 42 in atable section Illa of the main frame preferably into a suitablecontainer below the machine. In its preferred form this pressingmechanism comprises a resilient roller II carried upon a spindle 'I2 ina suitable spindle head 13 which is preferably secured to the top of thecooperating standard 24, as by bolts 14. Preferably these bolts passthrough slots 'I5 which are elongated transversely of the machine topermit setting the resilient roller in various positions along the gapbetween the gauging members I9 and 32. The resilient roller may berotated coordinately with the gauging members I9 and 32 as by a lbeltconnection 'I6 extending between a driver pulley 'Il on a main driveshaft I8 and a driven pulley 'I9 at the outer end cf the spindle 72.Preferably the resilient roller 'II includes a large soft rubber discsecurely held between metal plates 8| and 82 upon the spindle 'I2 when anut 33 is tightened- Ejiecting means The present invention alsopreferably provides an ejector device 81S for diverting the good work toa container. Y This ejector device comprises al chute 85 with side walls86 and 87 and a finger 38 extending a considerable extent between thegauging members I9 and 32. rIhe nger serves to divert all of theright-size articles which are being carried by the gauging members, in acounterclockwise direction, as viewed in Figs. 3 and 4, outwardly of thegauging members and downwardly on the chute 85 into any suitablecontainer. The ejecting means is preferably supported upon the mainframe as by a bracket 89 and screws 90. Although this ejecting means isvery simple it does serve very effectively to divert and direct the goodpieces of work from themachine.

The forwarder inner end of the iin-ger S8 ispreferably to the left(vertically) relative to the pressing mechanism 10, as viewed in Fig. 3,to clear any articles which are undersize and drop through, or areforced through by the Vpressing mechanism 'I0- Preferably the inner endextends inwardly of the gauging members to a point underlying the end ofthe undersize gap between the gauging members so that if any proper-sizearticles fall through the gauging members as the latter gradually spreadapart, and as the articles are carried in a counter-clockwise direction,as viewed in Fig. 3, they merely drop upon the nger 88 and slide downthe same out from between the gauging members into a suitable container.

Duplex mechanism The gauging apparatus of the present invention mayinclude but a single gauging unit I8, as shown in the left-hand half ofFigs. 1 and. 2 particularly and described in detail. However, foreconomy, decrease in floor space, increased operators performance and adoubled output from the one machine it is preferably to provide a duplexmechanism including a second gauging unit Ia which, as will be readilyapparent, is substantially a duplicate of unit I8 described in detail,so that further detailed description thereof is unnecessary.

However, it should be noted that, according to the present invention,this duplex structure has been conceived and developed in such a waythat it is possible to use: (1) the one main shaft I5 for the maingauging members I9 and I9 of both units I8 and Illa; (2) the one drivingconnection between the main drive shaft 'I8 and main shaft I5 to operateboth main gauging members; (3) two gauging units close together, orlocalized, so that an operator can easily and carefully observe bothunits simultaneously. Other related and worthwhile advantages have alsobeen achieved thereby.

Driv/ing mechanism Preferably the gauging members I9 and 32 and thepressing mechanism 'I0 of both units I3 and I8a are coordinately rotatedin the direction of the arrows A, B and C. Further, the peripheral speedof the gauging members and the pressing member are preferablysubstantially the same. For this purpose the present invention providesa driving mechanism 9| which, in the present preferred form, includes amain drive shaft 'I8 eirtending longitudinally of the frame I0, suitablysupported in standards 92, 93 and 94, which may be made integral withthe main frame I0; or in the form of separate brackets 95, 96 and 91secured to the top of the main frame as by pins SS and studs 99. v

This main drive shaft 18 may be driven in any suitable manner. Forthepurpose of illustration, a main pulley IDD is shown secured at one endof the main drive shaft, with a belt or like connection IilI to a lineshaft or to any other suitable prime moverv (not shown). A pulley I andbelt |0I drive any suitable hopper (not shown). A driver gear |92issecured to the main drive shaft by a suitable spline connection |03and lock screw |04 adjacent the center standard 93 and serves to rotatea large driven gear |05 secured to the main shaft 18, as may be seenbest in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Somewhat similarly driver gears |06` and |06'are secured to the outer ends of the main drive shaft and are adapted torotate driven gears |01 and |01 at the outer ends of cooperating shaftsk3| and 3| respectively. Pulleys 1,1 and T1" vat Vthe outer ends 'of themain drive shaft`18 may be provided with any suitable type of 'beltconnection to pulleys 19 at the outer ends of the spindles 12 for thepressing rollers 1|. Suitable and conventional screw and splineconnections may be provided to secure the pulleys 11 and 11' and gears|06 and |06 to the outer ends of the main drive shaft 18 and toconcurrently prevent axial movement of the main drive shaft 18.

With this main driving mechanism it is possible to concurrently operatethe unit I8, gauging members I9 and 32 and the pressing mechanism 10,all with substantially the same peripheral speed, for as the main driveshaft 18 is rotated the driver gears |02 and |66 rotate the cooperatingdriven gears and IIl'I and the associated gauging members I9 and 32respectively while the pulley 11 on the main drive shaft 18 through asuitable belt connection (or the like) connected to the pulley 19rotates the pressingT roller 1|.

Concurrently and similarly unit |8a may be operated, for the drivergears |02 and |66' cooperating with the driven gears |05 and |01 rotatethe main shaft I5 and cooperating shaft 3| to effect coordinate rotationof the gauging members I9' and 32 while the pulley 11 at the right-handside of the machine, as viewed in Fig. 1, through a belt connection tothe pulley 19 serves to rotate the spindle and pressing roller 1 IPreferably the angular location of the cooperating shaft 3| is such thatthe gauging members I9 and 32 are closest together near the top centerof the machine and the feeding mechanism 6l) places the work on thegauging member near this close section. Also, the pressing mechanism 1Uis preferably located over the work at this close section so that all ofthe main gauging function is accomplished near the top center of themachine between the ends of the work feeding mechanism and the pressingmechanism. Thus, if any of the articles are undersize they will falldownwardly between the gauging members, or will be forced downwardlytherebetween by the pressing member 1|. As the right-size articles arecarried beyond the pressing member the gauging members gradually open.However, beyond the pressing roller the work ejector serves to catch theproper-size work and divert itY from the gauging members to a suitablepoint or container extraneously of the machine.

Although this invention is particularly useful in gauging flanged andshouldered articles it may be used to gauge divers other articles. Forexample, and as shown in Fig. 7, it may be used to gauge balls III)which ride upon the peripheral edges and 4| of gauging members I6 and32, respectively, if they are of the right diameter, and drop, or areinitially forced by the pressing mechanism 16, downwardly between faces36 and 31 thereof if undersize. One or both units I8 and I8a may beused.

Suitable L-shaped guide lpieces I I2 and H2 may be secured onv the frameI0 as by bolts I|3 with upstanding sections I4 and I I4' respectivelyextending between the gauging members to loosen or strip any of thearticles which might happen to wedge between the gauging members, and toconfine travel of the falling undersize articles to the opening 42.

Other variations and modifications may be made within the scope of thisinvention and portions of the improvements may be used kwithout others.p

Having thus described the invention what is claimed asnewis;Y f Y 1. Ina gauging'apparatus, the Vcombination of a-frame; a main shaft; maingauging members on said main shaft; a pair of cooperating shafts;-cooperating gauging members on said cooperating shafts adjacent saidmain gauging members; means for supporting said cooperating shafts andsaid cooperating gauging members at an angle axially relative to saidmain shaft; and means for coordinately rotating said main and said c0-operating gauging members whereby said gauging members are disposed moreclosely to each other during a portion of their rotary path so as toform a gauging slot therebetween, and spread apart during anotherportion of their path so as to discharge articles failing to passthrough the gauging slot. f

2. In a gauging apparatus, the combination of a frame; a main shaft; apair of main gauging members on said main shaft; a pair of cooperatingshafts; a pair of cooperating gauging members on said cooperatingshafts; means for supporting said cooperating shafts and saidcooperating gauging members at an angle aXially relative to said mainshaft; work pressing means cooperating with said gauging members; and

, means for coordinately rotating at least one pair of said gaugingmembers whereby said gauging members are disposed more closely to eachother during a portion of their rotary path so as t0 form a gauging.slot therebetween, and spread apart during another portion of their pathso as to discharge articles failing to pass through the gauging slot.

3. In a gauging apparatus, `the combination of a frame; a main shaft; apair of main gauging members on said main shaft; a pair of cooperatingshafts; a pair of coperating gauging members on said cooperating shafts;means for supporting said cooperating shafts and said cooperatinggauging members at a slight angle axially relative to said main shaft;work pressing means cooperating with said gauging members; and means forcoordinately rotating said main and said cooperating gauging members andfor operating said pressing means whereby said gauging members aredisposed more closely to each other during a portion of their rotarypath so as to form a gauging slot therebetween, and spread apart duringanother portion of their path so as to discharge articles failing topass through the gauging slot.

4. In a gauging apparatus, the combination of a frame; a pair of gaugingmembers; rotating shafts for supporting said gauging members spacedapart and at a vertical angle axially relative to each other; workfeeding means; work ejecting means; work pressing means cooperating withsaid work feeding means; and driving means adapted to rotate saidgauging members relative to said ejecting means and thereby to removework from said gauging members.

5. In a gauging apparatus, the combination of a frame; gauging members;rotating shafts for supporting said gauging members spaced apart and ata vertical angle axially relative to each other; ejector means,including a finger extending between said gauging members and immovablerelative thereto; and driving means adapted to rotate said gaugingmembers lrelative to said ejector means and thereby to remove work lfromsaid gauging members. Y

6. In a gauging apparatus, the combination of a frame; Vat least onepair of planar gauging members; means for supporting said gaugingmembers at a vertical angle axially relative to each other; roller meansmounted to rotate in a plane substantially at right angles to the planeof rotation of said gauging members and backing the outer section of atleast one of said gauging members; means for setting said roller meansrelative to the gauging members; and means for rotating at least one ofsaid gauging members toward the other gauging member so as to form agauging slot.

7. In a gauging apparatus, the combination of a frame; rotatable membershaving interchangeable gauging rings; angularly disposed shafts forsupporting said rotatable members and rings at a vertical angle relativeto each other with said rings closely spaced at the upper half to form agauging slot therebetween and widely spaced at the lower half; anddriving means for concurrently operating said rotatable members andrings.

8. In an apparatus for gauging articles having body and flange portions,the combination of a frame; at least one pair of gauging members; meansfor supporting said gauging members; and means for rotating at least oneof said gauging members, said supporting means being constructed andarranged to support said gauging members at an angle axially relative toeach other in a position whereby the gauging members are disposed moreclosely to each other during a portion of the rotary path of one of thegauging members so as to form a gauging slot between the gauging membersto accommodate the bodies and flanges of the articles respectivelybetween and upon the pair of gauging members when the flanges are ofproper size, said gauging members being spaced apart during anotherportion of the rotary path of the rotating gauging member so as todischarge articles failing to pass through the gauging slot.

9. In an apparatus for gauging articles having body and ange portions,the combination of a frame; at least one pair of gauging members; meansfor supporting said gauging members; means for rotating at least one ofsaid gauging members, said supporting means being constructed andarranged to support said gauging members at an angle axially relative toeach other in a position whereby the gauging members are disposed moreclosely to each other during a portion of the rotary path of one of thegauging members so as to form a gauging slot between the gauging membersto accommodate the bodies and flanges of the articles respectivelybetween and upon the pair of gauging members when the flanges are ofproper size, said gauging members being spaced apart during anotherportion of the rotary path of the rotating gauging member so as todischarge articles failing to pass through the gauging slot; andyielding means for pressing the articles toward said gauging members.

10. In an apparatus for gauging articles having body and ange portions,the combination of a frame; at least one pair of gauging members; meansfor supporting said gauging members; means for rotating at least one ofsaid gauging members, said supporting means being constructed andarranged to support said gauging members at an angle axially relative toeach other in a position whereby the gauging members are disposed moreclosely to each other during a portion of the rotary path of one of thegauging members so as to form a gauging slot between the gauging membersto accommodate the bodies and flanges of the articles respectivelybetween and upon the pair of gauging members when the flanges are ofproper size, said gauging members being spaced apart during anotherportion of the rotary path of the rotating gauging member so as todischarge articles failing to pass through the gauging slot; and aresilient roller for pressing the articles toward the gauging members,said roller being rotated by said gauging member rotating means.

11. In a gauging apparatus, the combination of a frame; gauging members;angularly disposed shafts mounted on said frame for supporting saidgauging members at a vertical angle relative to each other with theupper halves thereof relatively more closely spaced than the lowerhalves to form a gauging slot therebetween; Work pressing meanscooperating with said gauging members; and driving means forconcurrently operating at least one of the gauging members and thepressing means.

12, In a gauging apparatus, the combination of a frame; gauging members;angularly disposed shafts mounted on said frame for supporting saidgauging members at a vertical angle relative to each other with theupper halves thereof relatively more closely spaced than the lowerhalves to form a gauging slot therebetween; rotatable work pressingmeans cooperating with said gauging members; work feeding means; ejectormeans; and driving means for concurrently operating at least one of thegauging members and the rotatable pressing means.

13. In a gauging apparatus, the combination of a frame, at least onepair of gauging disks, the peripheries of which comprise article gaugingand supporting sections; angularly disposed shafts on said frame forsupporting the gauging disks at a vertical angle relative to each otherwhereby the peripheral gauging and supporting sections of the disks areclosely spaced at the upper half to form a gauging slot, therebetweenand widely spaced at the lower half; horizontally disposed roller meansin tangential contact with the outer peripheral section of at least oneof the gauging disks; and means for rotating at least one of the gaugingdisks.

14. An apparatus for gauging ammunition components including thecombination of a frame, at least one pair of rotatable gauging members;angularly disposed shafts mounted on said frame for supporting saidrotatable gauging members at a vertical angle relative to each otherwith the upper sections thereof more closely spaced than the lowersections to form a gauging slot therebetween to allow undersizeammunition components to drop downwardly between the gauging members;backing means; and means for setting and holding said gauging membersand said backing means relative to each other.

WARREN S. REYNOLDS.

